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South Dakota farmers don't see Summit carbon dioxide pipeline as a public utility worthy of eminent domain

A group of farmers near Leola, South Dakota, and Aberdeen, South Dakota, say they are ethanol supporters but that the proposed Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline will cause them far more than what the company is paying for easements. They also say the lurking threat of eminent domain is inappropriate because the pipeline is not for a public utility. They think the long-term strategy of installing a pipeline to satisfy what may be of environmentally uncertain value is wrong, substituting their loss for likely a temporary gain for ethanol and pipeline investors.

Minnesota

Line 3 aquifer breach is leaking more groundwater

The site near LaSalle Creek in Hubbard County is one of three places where crews installing the Enbridge-owned pipeline last year caused uncontrolled flows of groundwater.

August 07, 2022 10:43 AM

Minnesota

Summit Carbon Solutions equity campaign for 5-state carbon capture project reaches $1 billion in commitments

Summit Carbon Solutions is proposing to build the world's largest carbon capture and sequestration project. Ethanol plants in Atwater and Granite Falls, Minnesota, are part of the project.

May 12, 2022 04:29 PM

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Minnesota

Environmental group urges west-central Minnesota counties to take hard look at proposed carbon pipeline

The Montevideo-based nonprofit Clean Up the River Environment told the Yellow Medicine County Board of Commissioners its concerns about risks associated with what would be a first-of-its-kind project by Summit Carbon Solutions. The $4.5 billion project would build a five-state, 2,000-mile pipeline network — with about 200 miles in Minnesota — to transport carbon dioxide from ethanol plants for sequestration in North Dakota.

May 12, 2022 04:21 PM

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Minnesota

Summit Carbon Solutions says drain tile is main landowner concern raised as company hosts Minnesota meetings

Summit Carbon Solutions has hosted six open house meetings in Minnesota for landowners along the proposed route of a pipeline to carry carbon dioxide. The No. 1 message from those meetings has been concern about drain tiles, company officials told the Yellow Medicine County Board of Commissioners.

April 28, 2022 04:43 PM

By Tom Cherveny